You can lead a horse to water, but ...

However, we're talking about companies that put unprotected systems on the public network and did nothing about it even after getting three weeks advance warning.

The fall of that system then came about when politically ambitious characters started developing more personal and long-term relations with their troops.

I'd say that's an argument for term limits: you want them to get good but not set roots permanently.

It usually kicks in when 10-20 % of the votes have been counted and switches back to raw results near the 90% mark.

Didn't find an exact date when they started using it; an article says "dates back to 1960s" but it's definitely been a staple in 2000s.

But if the very first thing you do on the construction site is disregarding the local laws and regulations, when they were explicitly told about environment assessment requirement, it's not exactly favorable first impression, is it?

Basically the law says you need to do the assessment if you're removing the trees permanently from over 200 hectares. The company asked for an exemption, the relevant bureau said nope, they cut anyway.

I worked with district heating, no idea what the cooling guys are/were doing. It's a big company.

Some sort of clove extract is used in dentistry as an temporary fix if a full root canal isn't feasible at the time. Got the tiniest whiff of that on my tongue during rinsing and it tasted downright toxic.

https://www.ceer.eu/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/3rd-CEER-Repo...

For reference, the Finnish voting experience is such that about a month before the election you get a card to your registered address, telling what the election is and what's your polling place. Then you show up on the day in question, show an ID, they check that against their list and off you go.

As an example, I pulled the stats for an electric locomotive. 19x3x4.4 meters, mass 90 metric tonnes. That's an average density of about 1/3rd of water.